A review by eenaah
Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

💫🌷“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆?” 
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒉”🌷💫


Omg this was such a cute read🤌🏻

Dark romance, Russian mafia, Arranged marriage, yeah sign me up 🧜🏻‍♀️💍

✧ 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙫 🤌🏻 

 ❧  “𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮.”

 ❧  “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘈 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.”

Same Nina sameeee😭🙈

The way Roman takes care of her and how possesive he's of her skskskskk🛐

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒏𝒐, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚.”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓.”  

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌.”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒉”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒂. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 . . . 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚.”


And Nina loved him even more

ꨄ “𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌, 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.”



𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 💒 :


   ♡ “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘?” “𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔.” “𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 . . .” 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒘. “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅”

   ♡ “𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆. 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?” “𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒌𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒌.” “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒏 “𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏”, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.” “𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒌. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓?”  

   ♡ “𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏,” 𝑰 𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.”

Omfg😭🧜🏻‍♀️



I wish it was a bit longer 🥺🥺🫰🏻